Being more and more exposed to the urge of artificial intelligence, we could benefit from a foundational understanding of the phenomenon and then work our way back to applications in real-life and try to envision the future roles and ‘tangos’ between AI and us, humans. This article proposes to address the fundamentals and the AI impact in most important process for all of us.
Types of intelligence
Human intelligence has many layers. Beyond the well-known cognitive intelligence (IQ) (the ability to reason, analyse, and solve problems) we rely heavily on emotional intelligence (EQ) to understand ourselves and others, social intelligence to navigate relationships, political intelligence to influence and read organisational dynamics, creative intelligence to generate new ideas, and practical intelligence to apply knowledge in real-world situations. 
Despite this diversity, traditional schooling focuses almost entirely on IQ. We learn how to memorise facts, solve linear problems, and perform analytically; yet the types of intelligence that truly differentiate leaders and teams in modern organisations are EQ, social awareness, political sensitivity, creativity, and practical judgment.
General impact of artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence has become woven into almost every aspect of our lives, especially through large-language models adoption in the chat application. It sits in our phones, shapes our companies’ operations, influences our cultural habits, and even enters household routines. Its omnipresence can be overwhelming, and this is exactly why prioritisation becomes essential.
To understand AI’s real value, we must look at the one process that defines success in any environment — whether corporate, cultural, or personal — and that is the decision-making process. Improving decisions improves everything: strategy, costs, culture, speed, and outcomes. This is the strategic entry point where AI has the strongest and most immediate impact.
Whether AI leads to better decisions depends entirely on how we design the process around it. AI can analyse more options and variables than a human ever could, but humans bring vision, values, and accountability, the elements AI cannot replace.
Good decisions come from a thoughtful combination of human and machine capabilities. The human provides the context, defines the boundaries, sets the vision, and holds responsibility for the outcome. AI becomes the analytical engine that explores possibilities with precision and breadth. Together, they form a system that neither could achieve alone.
How to apply this in your context or company
The most practical way to start is to simplify everything into a single, repeatable decision-making model and then enhance it with AI. In this model, the human plays the role of architect and steward, preparing the context, shaping the vision, defining constraints, and supplying the data that AI needs to operate.
Once this foundation is set, you can follow a four-stage flow:
1. First, you ask AI to gather all relevant information needed for the specific decision (internal, external, historical, or real-time)
2. Then, you allow it to run every analysis model available, exploring the full landscape of possibilities without the risk of oversight or fatigue
3. After that, you focus on prioritisation by asking AI to identify which options carry the highest probability of success and which come with the greatest risk of failure.
4. You simulate the most promising scenarios by placing them into real-world context and observing how your organisation would evolve if you pursued a particular decision, and how it might look if you didn’t. This reveals the conditions under which each choice becomes optimal.
If this single exercise feels powerful, imagine the transformation once such a decision-making system is embedded into every major process of your company. If that picture inspires you, reach out to base7.tech, and we will help you turn it into reality.
